{"id":681,"date":"2010-08-10T10:29:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T14:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=681"},"modified":"2010-08-10T10:29:31","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T14:29:31","slug":"are-bahamian-attorneys-laundering-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2010\/08\/are-bahamian-attorneys-laundering-money","title":{"rendered":"Are Bahamian Attorneys Laundering Money?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-682\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"no-ethics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/no-ethics-150x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/no-ethics-150x137.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/no-ethics-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/no-ethics.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Is it six on one hand and a half dozen on the other? The cash for gold initiative is generating tremendous speculation in Nassau and Freeport.<\/p>\n<p>Some individuals are demanding that jewellery companies conclusively identify the origin of the scrap gold they purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Really? Why is the same not required of the self-proclaimed erudites in our society&#8230; our attorneys-at-law?<\/p>\n<p>There are some in this profession who specialize in representing some of the most reprehensible reprobates in our charmed archipelago.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of these &#8220;accused&#8221; have no &#8220;visible&#8221; means of legitimate support, yet they are able to produce $10,000 &#8211; $20,000 retainers.<\/p>\n<p>Why is then that John Q. Public is not demanding verification of the origin of these sizable funds?<\/p>\n<p>CURIOUS<br \/>\nFreeport<br \/>\nGrand Bahama<br \/>\nAugust, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many criminals have no visible means of support yet they are able to produce $10,000 &#8211; $20,000 retainers for lawyers who refuse to disclose the source of their &#8220;client&#8217;s&#8221; money. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinions","tag-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}